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P. LARKIN. TAP AND F AUG'ET.

(No Model.)

Patented Nov. 13, 1883;

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PATRICK LARKIN, or

i T v UNITED STATES TAP AND PATENT OFFICE.

FAUCET.

I SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 288,457, dated November 13, 1883.

' Application filed December 16, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom. it may concern: A Be it known that I, PATRICK LARKIN, a

, citizen of the United States, residing at WValtham, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Taps and Faucets for Barrels; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference. being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. I

g The object of my invention is to provide a simple andefficient means for tapping a barrel of ale or other liquids without thenecessityof driving in a bung or other. stopper; and the invention consists in the employment of abushing having an internal screw-thread, in which is fitted a screw-threaded plug of metal. On the outer end of the said plug is a square shank or stem, to which, when the barrel is to be tapped, is applied a wrench, forming a part of a faucet, by means of which the plug is unscrewed, and, passing out of the bushing, dropsdown in the barrel, theend of the faucet filling the space in the bushing and being all ready for use. 3

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a barrel with my invention applied. Fig. 2 is a View of the faucet, showing the wrench at one end. Fig. 3 is a screw-plug, and Fig. 4 shows a front view and section of the bushing. Figs. 5 to 9 are modifications of my invention.

A, Fig. 1, is a barrel, represented as standing on one end, and havingator near the lower end thefaucet B. In the hole at this portion of the barrel is fitted a bushing, 0, (see Fig. 45,) which is designed to be inserted on the inside or outside of the barrel, and secured by screws passing through a rim of the bushing. On the inner surface of the bushing 0 is a screw thread, which passes entirely through the same. In the bushing O is fitted a screw-threaded plug, D, Fig. 3, having on its outer end a square shank or stem, (1, as shown. This plug constitutes the stopper of the barrel, and is to be made of some metal or composition which would not act injuriously on the liquid in the barrel.

At the inner end of the faucet Bis a recess,

'1), and at the rear of said recess are openings or holes a a in the faucet, through whichthe liquid. passes out from the barrel through thefaucet. Instead of a recess in the end of I the faucet, it may have a square shank, and the plug, instead of shank, may have a recess for receiving the shankof the faucet, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6. l

When the barrel is to be tapped, the recessed end of the faucet is applied to the plug, and as the faucet is turned its screw-threaded portion enters the bushing and takes the place 6 5 the outside of the barrel and held in place by the said spurs. Fig. 8 shows the bushing of cylindrical shape, with points or spurs. In Fig. 9 the bushing isshown as havingascrewthread on the outer and inner surface, and is screwed into the barrel Aand secured by nuts 9 and h on the inside and outside of the barrel, respectively.

A screw-plug and bushing are to be inserted in the head of the barrel, so asto admit of the application of a force-pump connection; 8 5 Thescrew-plug D, after being forced through the bushing and dropping into the barrel, can

be removed through the bung-hole when the barrel is empty and used again as a stopper.

- I do not claim a screw-plug displaced by a faucet; but i 1 I What I claim as my invention is- In combination, the barrel A, the screwthreaded faucet B, provided with the recess I),

closed at its inner end, the exit-passages a a, the bushing O, and screw-threaded plug D, all as shown and specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

. h, I I PATRICK 2 LARKIN. v mark. WVitnesses:

J os. H. AnAMs, EDWARD S. AMROCK. 

